ISBN: 9781616207014
Editorial: Algonquin
Autor: Greenidge, Kaitlyn
Año de edición: 2021
Edición: 1
N° Paginas: 336
Tipo de pasta: Pasta dura
Descripción: Biografía del autor Kaitlyn Greenidge's debut novel, We Love You, Charlie Freeman, was one of the New York Times Critics' Top 10 Books of 2016 and a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. She is a contributing writer for the New York Times and the features director at Harper's Bazaar, and her writing has also appeared in Vogue, Glamour, the Wall Street Journal, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of a Hodder Fellowship from Princeton University's Lewis Center for the Arts, as well as fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Whiting Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, Substack, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2021 The New York Times Book Review Best Historical Fiction of 2021 Washington Post Best Books of 2021: 50 Notable Works of Fiction TIME 100 Must-Read Books of 2021 The critically acclaimed and Whiting Award-winning author of We Love You, Charlie Freemanreturns with Libertie, an unforgettable story about one young Black girl's attempt to find a place where she can be fully, and only, herself. Coming of age in a free Black community in Reconstruction-era Brooklyn, Libertie Sampson is all too aware that her purposeful mother, a practicing physician, has a vision for their future together: Libertie is to go to medical school and practice alongside her. But Libertie, drawn more to music than science, feels stifled by her mother's choices and is hungry for something else--is there really only one way to have an autonomous life? And she is constantly reminded that, unlike her light-skinned mother, Libertie will not be able to pass for white. When a young man from Haiti proposes to Libertie and promises she will be his equal on the island, she accepts, only to discover that she is still subordinate to him and all men. As she tries to parse what freedom actually means for a Black woman, Libertie struggles with where she might find it--for herself and for generations to come. Inspired by the life of one of the first Black female doctors in the United States and rich with historical detail, Kaitlyn Greenidge's new and immersive novel will resonate with readers eager to understand our present through a deep, moving, and lyrical dive into our past. "An elegantly layered, beautifully rendered tour de force that is not to be missed." --Roxane Gay, author of Hunger Críticas The #1 Indie Next Pick for April! A Roxane Gay Audacious Book Club Selection (May) A For Colored Girls Book Club Selection (April) A Well-Read Black Girl Book Club Selection (May) "Kaitlyn Greenidge's historical fiction unites the African diaspora. Libertie is a feat of monumental thematic imagination . . . Greenidge both mines history and transcends time, centering her post-Civil-War New York story around an enduring quest for freedom . . . The sheer force of Greenidge's vision for [Libertie], for us all, gives us hope that it won't be long now." --Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, The New York Times Book Review "Stunning." --Adrienne Gaffney, The New York Times "With Libertie . . . Greenidge is making a stylistic leap with an intricately researched and lushly imagined coming-of-age story set in 19th-century Brooklyn and Jacmel, Haiti . . . Both epic and intimate." --Alexandra Alter, The New York Times "Spectacular . . . A revelatory and enchanting piece of historical fiction." --BuzzFeed "This immersive story is a soaring exploration of what 'freedom' truly means. Libertie is an elegantly layered, beautifully rendered tour de force that is not to be missed." --Roxane Gay "Motherhood offers [Libertie] the type of freedom that Toni Morrison spoke of--freedom from others' control over her and from the expectations of who she should become. With its connections to a history that's illuminated more and more each passing day, Libertie is a superb novel that informs the present and perhaps even the future." --BookPage "Greenidge's
- Idioma: Inglés
- Autor: Greenidge, Kaitlyn
- Editorial: Algonquin
- N° Paginas: 336
- Tipo de pasta: Pasta dura
- Envío: Desde EE.UU.
